Slipping Through the Cracks: Status of Black Women / Edition 1

by Margaret C. Simms

Overview

The problems and special needs of black women are still given inadequate attention in social science analysis. Too often black women are subsumed under the category of "blacks" or "women," with little consideration for their unique needs. This volume focuses on black women as a special group. It includes chapters on employment, educational attainment, and job training programs which originated as papers given at a symposium on the economic status of black women, co-sponsored by the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation and The Review of Black Political Economy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780887386626
Publisher:	Transaction Publishers
Publication date:	05/31/1986
Series:	Status of Black Women
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Margaret C. Simms is deputy director of research at the Joint Center for Political Studies in Washington, D.C. She has conducted research on black/white income, welfare issues, and education and employment and training, especially for youth. From 1983 to 1988, Dr. Simms served as editor of The Review of Black Political Economy.

Table of Contents

Employment Issues S ection I ntroduction; Black Women And Labor Force Participation: An Analysis Of Sluggish Growth Rates; The Myth of the Double-Advantage: Black Female Managers; Comparable Worth and its Impact on Black Women; Book Reviews: When and Where I Enter Labor of Love, Labor of Sorrow; DISCUSSION; Education and Training S ection In troduction; A Report on the Educational Status of Black Women During the un Decade of Women, 1976-85; Black Women in Employment and Training Programs; Black Women And The Job Training Partnership Act; Discussion; Single-Parent Families S ection I ntroduction; Black Women Who Head Families: An Economic Struggle; Strategies Used By Black Single Mothers Against Stress; Book Review Losing Ground: American Social Policy, 1950-1980; Health Issues S ection I ntroduction; General Health Conditions And Medical Insurance Issues Concerning Black Women; Employment Implications Of A Changing Health-Care System; Public Policy And Health-Care Delivery: A Practitioner's Perspective; Discussion I; Discussion II; Development Issues S ection I ntroduction; Women And Self-Employment In Urban Tanzania; Jamaican Working-Class Women: Producers And Reproducers; You Have Struck A Rock: A Note On The Status Of Black Women In South Africa 1; Discussion; Research and Policy Implications S ection I ntroduction; A Research Agenda On The Economic Status Of Black Women; A Legislative/Policy Agenda To Improve The Status Of Black Women; About the Authors